Same (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

adjective
  1. identical with what is about to be or has just been mentioned: This street is the same one we were on yesterday.
  2. being one or identical though having different names, aspects, etc.: These are the same rules though differently worded.
  3. agreeing in kind, amount, etc.; corresponding: two boxes of the same dimensions.
  4. unchanged in character, condition, etc.: It's the same town after all these years.
pronoun
  1. the same person or thing.
  2. the same kind or category of thing: You're having steak? I'll have the same, but very rare.
  3. the very person, thing, or set just mentioned: Sighted sub sank same.
  4. in the same manner; in an identical or similar way: I see the same through your glasses as I do through mine.
Idioms
  1. all the same,
    • notwithstanding; nevertheless: You don't have to go but we wish you would, all the same.
    • of no difference; immaterial: It's all the same to me whether our team loses or wins.
  2. just the same,
    • in the same manner.
    • nevertheless: It was a success, but it could easily have failed, just the same.
adjective the same
  1. being the very one
    • being the one previously referred to; aforesaid
    • (as noun)
    • identical in kind, quantity, etc
    • (as noun)
  2. unchanged in character or nature
  3. all the same
    • nevertheless; yet
    • immaterial
adverb
  1. in an identical manner
Same (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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